The second of two shows originating in Hollywood.
Clooney, an enormously popular singer in her day, is the aunt of actor George Clooney.
Lutz Ruhe: “I have a full grown horse under this table” and Garry
himself: “I have a full grown cow under this table”
Ruhe is one of the owners of
Jungleland, a zoo and exotic animal theme park in Thousand Oaks,
California. Jungleland grew from a lion
farm established in the 1920s, and for a time was not only a popular tourist
attraction, but a home to trained animals used in television and film
production. Among its residents were
MGM’s Leo the Lion and the “talking horse” of television, Mr. Ed. Jungleland ultimately could not compete with
the bigger, splashier Southern California theme parks such as Disneyland,
Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios.
The park closed in 1969, and many of its animals were auctioned to the
public.
Special guest Dick Van Dyke plays the
same memory game the show has done earlier with Audrey Meadows (
E408
) and
Arthur Godfrey (
E491
) In addition to
his self-titled sitcom still going strong, Van Dyke is about to appear in the
film Bye Bye Birdie (1963). Van Dyke had originally been scheduled as a
guest panelist. When Bette Davis was
unable to appear because of an illness, Van Dyke became the celebrity guest and
his The Dick Van Dyke Show costar
Amsterdam filled in on the panel.
Four-year-old James Bradley Jr: “I’m a professional drummer”
Young Mr.
Bradley performs with his mother (on piano) and a handful of house jazz
musicians. His parents learned of his
talent for rhythm when he was 16 months old, seeing him keep the beat with
pencils in his crib, and later taking pots and pans from the kitchen cabinet to
perform on. JBJ, as he became known, would continue to work professionally as a
drummer. Among his credits are tours
with Anita Baker, Chuck Mangione and Jeffrey Osborne, as well as stints with
The Go-Go’s, Beastie Boys, and Crazy Town.
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